CEO: Ethiopian Airlines plans to grow A350 fleet to 25 aircraft

Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told ATW the carrier plans to order additional Airbus A350 XWBs, taking its total of the type from 14 to 25.
“We don’t have specific time frame [to increase the order], but in our Vision 2025 plan, the A350 fleet should grow to about 25 aircraft. The first of our 14-ordered A350-900s should be delivered in the second quarter of 2016,” he said.
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